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Medical Definition of Neural induction
1. In vertebrates the formation of the nervous system from the ectoderm of the early embryo as a result of a signal from the underlying mesoderm of the archenteron roof, also called primary neural induction. The mechanism of neural induction is not yet clear. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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